Adjustable indicator for calendars



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R. SHRIVER. ADJUSTABLE INDICATOR PoR CALENDARS. No. 346,132. PatentedJuly 27, 1886.

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R. SHRIVER.

ADJUSTABLE INDICATOR POR CALENDARS.

Patented July. 27, 1886.

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ROBERT SHRIVER, OF CUMBERLAND, MARYLAND.

`ADJUSTABLE INDICATOR FOR CALENDARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 346,132, dated July 27,1886.

Application filed May 20, 1886. Serial No. 202,793. (No model.)

To ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT SHRIVEE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Guinberland, in the county of Alleghany aud State ofMaryland, have invented new and useful Improvements in AdjustableIndicators for Calendars, of which the following is a speciication.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inindicators for calendars, and particularly to that class of calendars inwhich monthly leaflets are attached to a supporting-back of card-boardor its equivalent, though it may be applied successfully to other kinds.

In the class of calendars to which my invention relates no means h'avebeen provided through Awhich by daily manipulation the suc-v cessivedays of the month are positively pointed out or indicated, but, on thecontrary, it becomes necessary to drop the subject en grossing thethoughts, and call upon the mind to determine the exact day and date,and consequently frequent errors are committed.

The object of my invention is to relieve the user from any mentaloperation to determine a correct date, and to depend entirely upon amechanical indicator which shall be capable of any desired adjustment,and which, when adjusted, will direct the eye at once to the correctdate; and with this end in view my invention consists of an indicatoradapted to be secured to the backing or support of a calendar whichshall be capable of longitudinal adjustment, and also capable of apivotal or vibratory motion, in order that its extreme end may beadjusted or set to indicate any point within its reach.

My invention further consists of the combination, with acalendar-support and a movable indicator, of a supporting-head forretaining the latter in any desired adj ustment, such head being formedintegral with or separate from and secured to the card-board, as will behereinafter set forth.

My invention further consists of the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and specitically claimed.

In order that those skilled in the art to which my invention appertainsmay fully understand the same, I will proceed to describe theconsuccessively removed to expose others in order. Fig. 2 is a sect-ionin detail taken in a vertical line through the indicator. Fig. 3isatransverse section. Fig. 4 is a View similar to Fig. l, but showing amodification in the form of the indicator-holder. Fig. 5 is a verticalsection similar to Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a similar section showing anotherform of indicatorsupport. Fig. 7 represents the separate parts which maybe employed to constitute any of the forms shown at Figs. 3, 4, and 5;and Fig. S represents in section the head formed iutegr'al with thecard-board.

In the several figures similar letters of reference indicate like orsubstantially like parts.

A represents a support or backing, which is preferably made ofcard-board, with a suitable eyeleted hole, B, at the top for suspendingthe calendar.

yO is an advertising space, below which is secured by staples or eyeletsD a series of monthly leaflets, printed in the usual manner.

Arranged centrally with reference to the leaflets D, and just above thesame, I secure to the support or backing A a holder or head for anindicator, F. As shown at Figs. l, 2, and 3, this head consists of anordinary ilat metal staple, G, the legs of which are passed through thebacking A and clinched or turned down, as most clearly shown at Fig. 3;and where the indicator is used in connection with a series of monthlyleallets,I interpose between the staple and the backing A a piece ofcardboard or other suitable material, H, of a thickness equal to that ofthe series of leaflets D, in order that the indicator F, when placed inposition, shall lie in a plane coincident with the exterior surface ofthe first-exposed leaflet.

In securing the staple G and interposed piece of card-board H in place,I place the indicator F between the staple and the piece of card-boardH, in order that when the legs of the staple G are passed through thebacking A and clinched or turned down, the space between the piece ofcard-board H andthe staple will be just sufficient to receive and holdby friction the indicator F.

It will be understood in this connection that when my indicator is usedin connection with a calendar in which the several months and the daysthereof are printed upon a single plane surface it may not be necessaryto use the interposed piece of card-board H, though I prefer to do so.

From the construction shown it will be understood that the indicator orpointer F may be moved or adjusted longitudinally under the staple G andthen vibrated upon its point of friction between the staple and thepiece of card-board H in such manner as to bring its point to the gure.10, as seen at l of the drawings` or to any other figure or set offigures within the range of its adjustment,

where, for all practical purposes, it will be securely held, so that aglance at the calendar will instantly show the exact day and date.

At Figs. 4, 5, and 6 of the drawings I have lshown the indicator F aspassing through a rotary hub, I, which may be made of any suitablematerial and secured in any desired manner to the backing of thecalendar. When this mode of securing the indicator is eniployed, the hubI may be secured in place at the factory, as shown at Fig. 5, whichillustrates a rotary hub, I, confined within a metal eyelet, E, which issecured to the cardboard in an obvious manner, as shown; or the partsmay be so constructed, as indicated at Figs. 4, 6, and 7, as that theymay be sold separately from the calendar and secured in place by anordinarily handy person.

pieces of sheet metal adapted to pass over the cap K and secure itinplace, as clearly shown in section at Fig. 6.

Many other modifications than those shown may, of course, be adoptedwithout departing from the spirit of my invention.

In lieu of passing the legs of the staple, or its equivalent, throughthe interposed cardboard H and backing A, the staple G or hub I may besecured to Wa small piece of cardboard and the latter securedpermanently in place upon the calendar-hacking A by the employment ofany suitable adhesive material.

Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination with thc hacking or support A of an ordinary calendar,a longitudinally and axially adjust-able indicator, F, substantially asand for the purpose set forth.

2. An indicator for calendars, consisting ot` a pointer, F, and hubattached to the calendar-backing, and permitting axial and longitudinaladjustment of the pointer F, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence ot twosubscribing Witnesses.

ROBERT SHRIVER.

Witnesses:

J. L. GRIFFITH, F. M. OFFUTT.

